Tag: department-of-education

Council Member Won co-chairs hearing investigating New York school bus inefficiency

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Council Members Rita Joseph and Julie Won at Monday's oversight hearing. Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit

Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Julie Won co-chaired a joint oversight hearing on Monday exploring how to improve school transportation services, which suffered from a cumulative 80,312 delays during the 2023/24 academic year. Won, the chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Contracts, and Brooklyn Council Member Rita Joseph,… Read more »

Op-ed | Starting the new school year with new buildings, new curricula and more

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New schools welcome students on first day of school year

Sep. 10, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams We came into office with a clear mission: to build a safer, more affordable city. And our initiatives for our students continue to deliver on that promise. As the administration running the largest school district in the nation, we are committed to giving our children a first-class…

Holden urges Mayor Adams and DOE to fully utilize school facilities for after-school programs

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Feb. 28, 2024 By Anthony Medina Council Member Robert Holden, co-signed by 36 of his council colleagues, penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams last week calling on the Department of Education to open up its school facilities for after-school and recreational purposes. The letter, sent Feb. 20, calls on Adams and New York City Department of Education Chancellor David Banks to open school facilities for after-school and recreational programs for children to help revitalize communities and the city’s youth, especially after the mental and physical toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We believe that the city has a responsibility to…
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